About us
FSI is the largest European growth equity fund manager dedicated to a single country – Italy.
The FSI team has been working together since 2012, with a consistent strategy and an approach built around the needs of Italian entrepreneurs: investments in partnership with founding families, no use of leverage, and transformative growth projects. An alternative to the traditional leveraged buy-out model — one that does not burden companies with debt, but puts capital at the service of growth.
Over fifteen years, the team has invested more than €3 billion in 25 Italian companies and completed over 50 acquisitions. During the investment period, portfolio companies have grown on average by over 20% per year in revenue and 25% in EBITDA, increased their international revenue share by 20 percentage points and created 10,000 new jobs.
FSI manages approximately €4 billion, backed by Italian and international institutional investors — including leading sovereign wealth funds — who share a commitment to real growth and support the objective of accompanying companies through to the entry of the best long-term industrial partner.
ACCESS TO AN ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT MARKET
The approximately 9,000 mid-market companies are the backbone of the Italian economy and present significant value creation opportunities, particularly in FSI’s focus sectors: technology, life sciences and Italy’s sectors of excellence
SUPERIOR ORIGINATION OF PROPRIETARY INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
OPPORTUNITIES
With a leadership team whose distinctive network spans Italy and the international market, and a roster of 11 operating and industrial partners with hands-on expertise across target sectors, FSI generates a consistent flow of investment opportunities on a bilateral basis
SUPERIOR ORIGINATION OF PROPRIETARY INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Partners cumulatively bring 65+ years of senior level experience in the financial and private equity sectors, contributing a vast network that provides a constant flow of bilateral investment opportunities
A PARTNERSHIP APPROACH
WITH ENTREPRENEURS
WITH ENTREPRENEURS
FSI typically engages in its investments through a trust-based approach and a fully shared view of key strategic objectives
A RIGOROUS INVESTMENT
DISCIPLINE
DISCIPLINE
Proper governance rights and disciplined investment and portfolio management processes positively contribute to portfolio’s construction and development
TARGET
Mid-market corporates
with growth potential
APPROACH
Strong investment discipline and
focus on proprietary transactions
VALUE CREATION
Driven by the development of invested companies
through organic growth and acquisition plans